American Power Conversion Establishes North American Factory Acceptance Testing Lab for Power Systems for Large Data Centers

		Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) is a leading global provider of high availability systems for network-critical physical infrastructure. APC's comprehensive products and services, designed for both home and corporate environments, improve the availability, manageability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes. Headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode Island, APC reported sales of $1.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2004, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company. All trademarks are the property of their owners. (PRNewsFoto) WEST KINGSTON, RI USA

WEST KINGSTON, R.I., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC), a leading global provider of end-to-end infrastructure availability solutions, today announced it recently established a North American factory acceptance testing lab at its company headquarters in West Kingston, R.I. The lab provides APC customers and others involved in the design, build and specification process such as consulting engineers and contractors with factory acceptance testing for large power systems and multiple UPSs in parallel. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031003/NEAPCLOGO ) The facility's capabilities, which support large-scale data centers, complements APC's thermal test lab in Kolding, Denmark. APC's thermal test lab researches advancements for solving cooling issues associated with high density applications in today's IT environments. Like the thermal test lab, the factory acceptance lab uses state-of-the-art equipment including: * 3.3MVA (4000 Amps) electrical service input * 2MW generator capability * 1MVA variable transformer * 3.2MVA resistive/reactive load bank * Dedicated test bay switchgear "Our new factory acceptance testing lab demonstrates our commitment to supporting integrated solutions in a range of IT environments from server rooms to large-scale data centers," said Dwight Sperry, APC's vice president, Enterprise Systems and Business Networks. "The lab's performance testing capability also provides an ideal venue to see demonstrations of our innovative, modular Symmetra MW system, which is the largest available static UPS and ideal for systems greater than 200 racks." Specific testing performed at the new lab includes system efficiency testing; steady-state load and step load tests; input frequency and input voltage variation; utility failure; battery performance; and, faults on system inputs and outputs. All of the lab's testing and measurement equipment conforms to NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). The lab also includes oscilloscopes, three-phase power monitors (input and output), a multi-channel chart recorders and power quality disturbance analyzers. Individuals interested in touring the factory acceptance lab or thermal test lab are encouraged to contact their APC representative or IT channel partner. For more information about APC's products, please visit http://www.apc.com or call 800-877-4080. About American Power Conversion Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion is a leading provider of global, end-to-end solutions for real-time infrastructure. APC's comprehensive products and services for home and corporate environments improve the availability, manageability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes. Headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode Island, APC reported sales of $1.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2004, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company. All trademarks are the property of their owners. For more information contact: Media: Chet Lasell, APC public relations director, 401-789-5735, ext. 2693, chet.lasell@apcc.com Investors: Debbie Hancock, APC investor relations director, 800-788-2208, ext. 2994, debbie.hancock@apcc.com